60×60 cm Oil on canvas

This work unfolds from an intimate space where vulnerability is neither hidden nor overcome, but held. The figure does not attempt to conquer her fears; she acknowledges them. By holding both the serpent and her exposed heart, she accepts the coexistence of shadow and tenderness, allowing what once generated shame to become a source of inner strength.

The serpent, traditionally associated with danger or transgression, loses its threatening power here. It becomes a recognized part of the self an aspect integrated rather than rejected. The rescued bird resting against her chest introduces a quiet gesture of care and protection. It acts as a companion, a witness to healing, and a reminder that gentleness toward oneself is an essential form of resilience.

Surrounding the figure, the angels do not signify salvation, but transition. They mark a threshold, a suspended moment between what has been endured and what is beginning to emerge. The slight hesitation remains visible, grounding the scene in emotional truth. Fear does not disappear; it transforms into a force that propels movement rather than paralysis.

Like a moment before a first step, the painting exists in this fertile tension between prayer and determination, fragility and resolve. Réconciliation is not an arrival, but an act the choice to stand with one’s contradictions and to let strength arise from acknowledgment rather than denial.

Year of realisation: October 2025

Oil on canvas Dimension; 60×60 cm,

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